Hello, I really cant install sdl libs! I'm using the Borland compiler, I tried to follow the tutorials but I'm stuck.
I really do not know where putting the files and what else I must do.
Please help! I've SDL.dll, I made SDL.lib, I've all the .h files in the include dir...
what else? If I include SDL/SDL.h, I recieve 26 (!) errors, all from SDL_stdinc.h!
Thanks very much for any help.
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Unfortunatly that tutorial does not cover Borland free compiler, and I couldnt find any other clear tutorial. Does anybody use Borland free compiler??
I dont know where I can look anymore!!! Please help.
... or advice me any other media library
You could possibly download MSVC Express Edition from Microsoft. That would work with SDL just fine. But if you want to use BORElandI can't help you!
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You sound you dont like BorelandOriginally Posted by Sentral
You could possibly download MSVC Express Edition from Microsoft. That would work with SDL just fine. But if you want to use BOREland
Why is MSVC better? Is it free? Well ... express edition should be
I'm accepting all advices about other compilers... now I'm trying the eclipse one, but I'm going crazy...
Code::Blocks is good from what I hear. I've never used it though, nor do I know how well it would work with SDL. It's also an IDE and not a compiler, but whatever.
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What errors are you getting? Linking SDL.lib shouldn't work as it's in a format that MSVC++ wants, but not Borland. So you'll have to convert it.
http://www.libsdl.org/faq.php?action...&category=4#46
Following these instructions might be good idea as well.
Yeah, thanks, but I need a compiler, at first. You know, I'm new to C++... I made the most basic things with free borland compiler (structs, loops, classes...) but I'd like to see how SDL works, and I cant make it work.Code::Blocks is good from what I hear. I've never used it though, nor do I know how well it would work with SDL. It's also an IDE and not a compiler, but whatever.
I'm now installing Visual C++ Xpress Ed... I hope it will work
Sorry, I did not read you before. yes, I read those instructions but I cant get anything. I really do not know what they are talking about.
Does MSVC express generates .exe files?
Of course. Trust me, it will save you a ton of headaches, and it's all in a neat IDE!
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You could just compile the source code yourself. Although I personally download the MSVC copy and reimp it for MinGW. Someone on the SDL mailing lists might know, but Borland is typically ignored now.
Edit: Like others have mentioned, Visual Studio is a great IDE but I felt I might as well point out one other advantage - most libraries have downloads for VC++. That can help a lot in some cases.
Last edited by Frobozz; 09-26-2006 at 12:54 AM.
I've used Code::Blocks for a little while and never managed to make it work so I dumped it and I use MSVC++ 2003 instead.
